UNIVERSITY
Director relives his gulf experience
By Lisa Millegan
f me i a lb Reporter
President Hush made I lie null! dei I s ion when he or
dered Ami'iiuui lmii|is into N.ttuli Arabia s.mi Wil
li,im Walkei assistant direr tor uf the I niversity s
A .1111,1(1.1 l-anguage <'enter
If (S,kIiI.iiiii Hussein would have taken over (Saudi
Arabia) we would lie in a ..depression now much
worse than I he' one ill the I'l.’ll s
Walker didn't arrive at his'opinion after carefully
monitoring ne\vs reports lie was living in Saudi \re
bia when h,ii| invaded Kuwait last siiminei
W alker ( a me to the Yiiimida I entei aftei Work tug tor
two years at an all male university in llhuhiaii Saudi
Arabia, w here he taught Knglish and. served .is a cum
puter lab manager for the. school's foreign language
department
He said Hush had no ( hoir c hut to send troops to the
Persian (.tilt A mem a s a uniniiii w el fare depended
on it
"The1 issue Was riil he said We shoiildn I lie de
pendent Oil Arab oil but We are Ameiu all soldiers in
the Persian (.till were simply defending Altlrriiil s
sai red right to a higher standard of living
A mem as w I sest ( film e now to avoid a future i r Isi s
is to look lor alter nut tv e energy souri ev he said, as the
( ost ot oil goes tar hevond the i ost at the pump
Walket leialls Ins disbelief when he first heard
about li.K| s \ug 2 invasion of Kuwait from a friend
He had trouble finding a radio station that disi ussed
tfie i rtsis file (inly souri e fie found with immediate
reports of the invasion was the HM(
W hen Saudi telev ision hroadi asli-rs finally began te
porting the invasion, he said they referred to the war
only as the situation in the gulf
In the days following the invasion Walkei said he
was uncertain about what was happening
lie talks about paiiu king one afternoon over the ( lo
sure of the Dhahtail International \nport Radio and
television broadcasts tarried no news about the do
sure l ater lie found out the airport was temporarily
i losed in preparation to ie< eivc A mem an ( atgo lets
Shortly after the wai began the Arnem an i onsulate
told all American women and children to leave the
i (iu lit tv Walker wasn't able to leave until tour weeks
after the invasion bei au.se lie had problems resigning
from Ills |ob
lie said the university system in Saudi \iabia is
very different from the system ill the I 'nited Slates lie
cause Saudi students are ai (Hally paid to attend < <il
w;;rn-„
William HalLri assistant ilinutor nt thr / nnrrsit\ s
t amaila l.aniiuaitr t rntn nut a ihtfrmit pers/us Inr nt thr
null Hat h hilr Irai him; in Saudi \tulnn
lege
Saudis who 1 an pass what Walker lulled a tllini
nial test i an in five SJM. a month to go to 1 lass in
addition to free tuition free hooks and fr«*i* room and
hoard
I lie rultural different es between Saudi Arabia and
the 1 s art* extreme WalkiT said Saudi \iabia is a
religious statu tin- (ountiA s laws ref left tin- tenets
of Islam
Visiting ( hristiuns to tht* 1 ountr\ arr treated politeh
hut an- regaided .is infiilids lows .in' not allowed to
enter tin- i ountrv No religious serve es e\i ept Islamii
ones are permitted 1.) Saudi Arabia
Medieval tournament
to happen Saturday
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Medieval Tournament is ,m event of < ostutiies
singing juggling .mil liandir rafts sponsored In
tin* Students for ( re,line Anachronism The
event will take plrti e on the KMl ’ east lawn from
1 to B p m on S.iturd.n l or more inform.itnm
i,ill t4Vdt.4 t
Movie Sight sponsored bv and taking plai e in
the Sew man ( enter lffr>() Kmerald St at 8 to
night
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Hahai C ampus Assoc ration meets tonight at
o in in the Hahai ( .inter 14aH Alder SI
Roundtable Discussion I he Sei mill (aiming
of (hrist" meets in the I AH' Skylight Refectory
at 12 id (i m lodav
Active ( hristians Taking a Stand meets it
tonight in Room 14B Straub Hall for worship Hi
hie study, and fellow ship
f minn \dult (.roup ... Sumiav night a!
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Weekend Masses in the Sew Ilian ( enter 1H ill
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Servile of the Holy ( nmmumnn led bv Rev
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!2 Id p rn at the Wesley (antler 12 (H Kincaid
St This event is sponsored by the Knifed Moth
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